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Monday, April 16, 2007

Dear Annie,

As a lip gloss addict, I'm wondering how do you scrape& dig the remaining lip gloss out of a tube? Forexample, with softer plastic like Nars, I manage tocut the tube open. How about with hard plastic tubesuch as Chanel? The lip gloss tube/packaging is toohard to cut open. I've been using the coffee stirrerto access the hard to reach gloss. Do you have anysuggestions? Please let me know.Thanks,Julia

I also use the coffee stirrer trick. I thought I would post the question here to see if anyone has any ideas or suggestions.Thanks in advance!!!!Photos: Miss Kate from fashionspot

I don't have any suggestions about getting the lipgloss from the bottom of the tube but does anyone know of any glosses that don't make your lips feel like they are covered in glue. I like Merle Norman glosses because they feel so goooood on my lips.

On some lipgloss tubes, there's a plastic stopper thing right at the rim -- I think it's to remove excess gloss from the wand. If you can manage to pry it out, it should let you dig a couple millimeters more deeply.

Also, try dipping the (closed) tube in some boiling water for a couple of minutes. Depending on the gloss, it might just make it runny enough so that it'll drip towards the wand when you turn it upside down.

I love Estee Lauder's Pure Color glosses, it's the only gloss that I feel comfortable kissing with (in that I don't feel like I'm tarring myself to my boyfriend). Staying power could be better, but that's the price one pays, I guess. I am dying to try their HiGloss, I have heard such good things about it.

I use a metal spatula (you can easily find these at a art supply store, or at the local flea market/swap meet) that keeps things sanitary (clean with alcohol between swipes) and it leaves you less to throw away. Get the long, thin metal spatula, which is actually a dental spatula. Can't work without it.